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Yvette Nicole Brown says young women should care about the size of a guy's heart instead of his bank account ... while encouraging them to revisit some of those dudes they may have written off as just friends.

We caught up with the "Community" star at an event for Lifetime's "Love of a Lifetime" slate ... an upcoming series of films airing on the channel all about love -- including Toni Braxton’s "He Wasn’t Man Enough," which stars Brown -- and we asked her about dating advice in today's modern world.

Brown says she fears young people are too obsessed with checking boxes off their "lists" which are focused on surface-level traits -- money, height, for example -- instead of the stuff that really matters ... like kindness.

Naturi Naughton will be working on set through Halloween this year, but she's warning new relationships to watch for the red flags ... if their partner isn't that open to a COUPLES COSTUME!!!

TMZ linked up with Naturi at the premiere of her and Lifetime's new flick, "Friends and Lovers," where the seasoned actress gave her two cents about trick-or-treating as a team.

We totally asked the right person ... Naturi says Halloween is a big deal in her household -- and her daughter is totally PO'ed that she has to miss this year -- but her husband will hold down the fright night fort.

There's no love lost between Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia and Montana Boy Mark Estes ... at least not on "Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test"!

In an exclusive preview clip obtained by TMZ, the Barstool Sports star goes full beast mode on the TikTok hunk during one of the show's most brutal challenges, "Murderball." The wild footage shows Brianna sprinting across the mud before delivering a sharp kick straight to Mark's stomach, sending both of them crashing into the dirt as they wrestle for control of the ball like total warriors.

In addition to the muddy mayhem, the remaining recruits also take on the nerve-racking "Postman’s Walk" ... a 165-foot rope bridge suspended 200 feet above a canyon floor, which they have just 10 minutes to cross.

"Love Island USA" hunk Pepe Garcia might be off the island ... but he’s still serving up the love -- literally -- pouring body shots on a wild night out!

The party popped off Tuesday at a Dave & Buster’s in L.A. ... where Pepe took his responsibility seriously -- aiming the alcohol straight for the belly buttons of "Too Hot to Handle"s Joey Joy, and Tony Alejandro from Netflix’s "The Mole" and "Battle Camp."

Once the booze was flowing, a pack of hyped-up women swarmed in ... one even scored a cheek kiss before diving in to slurp up the shot!

Representative Jasmine Crockett says the "Out With Their Asses" rallying cry might be gaining steam online, but it won't change a darn thing at the polls ... 'cause voters want everyone but their own representatives gone!

The congresswoman stopped by "TMZ Live" Wednesday to chat with Harvey and Charles about OWTA ... the political movement Harvey's working hard to get off the ground which calls on voters to replace all 535 members of Congress in the next election cycle because of the lengthy government shutdown.

Crockett says she understands why Harvey's recent rant is going viral ... 'cause she thinks many voters are feeling the same anger and frustration -- but, she ultimately doesn't believe it will result in change.

Sia got a huge W in her divorce from her second husband ... his emergency request for full custody of their son was just shot down by a judge.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ ... a judge ruled most of the facts asserted in the legal docs from Sia's ex Daniel Bernad were old news -- that information was known back in August, when they entered into their temporary physical custody arrangement ... which gave Sia primary custody of their kid and limited monitored visitation for Daniel.

As we reported, Daniel was asking the court for an emergency order granting him sole custody of their 1-year-old, Somersault Wonder Bernad, calling Sia a "serious and immediate danger" to their son over allegations of drug use.

Gloria Estefan's daughter's partner has been arrested for robbery ... and, it appears Emily Estefan is the alleged victim -- though cops are not revealing a name at this time.

Gemeny Hernandez -- who has been in a relationship with Emily Estefan for years -- was arrested Tuesday for felony strong-arm robbery and misdemeanor battery ... and the arrest affidavit identifies her domestic partner of eight years as the alleged victim.

While cops have redacted the name of the victim, Emily and Gemeny celebrated their eighth anniversary together last year, according to multiple reports.

Dove Cameron and her hunky boo Damiano David just hit upgrade mode ... 'cause TMZ has learned they recently got engaged, and we've got the pics of her massive rock.

Peep the pics -- the ex-Disney darling linked up arm-in-arm with her Måneskin rocker beau, both decked in all-black fits in Sydney, Australia.

Dove couldn't hide the smiles ... totally smitten over the next step in their relationship as she shot heart-eyes at the former Eurovision champ ... while he, in peak rockstar mode, rocked a cigarette in his mouth.

Everybody was wondering how Jay Guapo and Pink Cardigan convinced North West and Kim Kardashian to dress up as them for Halloween ... but the viral TikTokers told us they had nothing to do with it.

Jay told TMZ in Los Angeles yesterday, "It was a total shock to us."

Not just shocking ... it was unbelievable. At first, Jay thought for sure it was an A.I. fake-out. It was only when they saw it on North and Kim's official social accounts that they both believed it.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach got engaged after a wild love story ... and they're rooting for Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau to follow suit.

TMZ caught up with the former "Good Morning America" cohosts in NYC Tuesday, where they dished on Katy and Justin finally taking their romance public. The pop singer and former Prime Minister of Canada stepped out hand-in-hand for Katy's birthday over the weekend after getting caught in a hot makeout sesh on a yacht earlier this month.

Amy told us, "We love love, so we're always rooting for love. And they do look adorable together, so congratulations to them."

Niecy Nash is objecting to anyone saying she didn't need all 10 bags she checked at the airport ... she is on a world tour, after all.

We shared the video with you ... the actress stopped by "Sherri" to talk to Sherri Shepherd about the viral video -- capturing Niecy at the airport grabbing a bunch of bags off the conveyor belt after her flight.

Shepherd -- who is getting her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week -- asks her about her extravagance ... but Nash insists she "needs things" though she's not getting too specific about the goodies in her bags.

Teyana Taylor’s got no post-baby struggle story ... she's telling us motherhood is the secret sauce behind those killer abs everyone’s drooling over.

We bumped into the actress Tuesday, and she spilled that after each of her two kids with ex Iman Shumpert, her body bounced back even tighter than before!

Sure, exercise plays a part ... and Teyana says she also keeps her body right by dancing it out.

Cedric the Entertainer doesn't like all the jokes being made about food stamps over the weekend ... unless they were really good.

We caught up with one of the Original Kings Of Comedy in NYC, where our cameraperson brought up people making jokes about the U.S. government's impending halt to the country's largest anti-hunger program.

Cedric had a more serious response than we were expecting, saying, "No, that's not a joke. There's so many people living with food insecurity in the United States."

Sebastian Van Stockum -- the Connecticut man accused of killing his mom -- once took a high school Forensic class that had the trappings of a Jeffrey Dahmer crime scene with simulated blood spatter, dead bodies, and human skeletons, according to a former classmate.

The ex-classmate tells TMZ she was in the same Forensics class with Stockum back at New Canaan High -- where the lessons included blood-spatter experiments in which students would stand on tables with a ruler and squirt fake blood to study blood patterns.

Students also learned how to zero in on someone's time of death based on body temperature, as well as studying skeletons and bones, and even watching a documentary about human corpses. Other projects included breaking down fabric under a microscope, learning about DNA, and solving mock crime scenes.

Dorothy Wang lived out her dream wedding in Italy ... closing out the festivities with an iced-out performance from Saweetie!!!

TMZ Hip Hop obtained video of Saweetie performing her hit "Icy" from inside Dorothy and attorney Brandon Yankowitz's wedding reception inside the luxurious Collegio alla Querce venue in Florence.

We're told the "Bling Empire" star personally had Saweetie booked and flown in for the grand appearance. Saweetie has yet to release a full-length album, but we're hearing she performed about 10 songs.

9:35 AM PT -- We just found out Chris and Alba had a baby girl, and named her Alma Grace. She's taking both Mom and Dad's last names ... Baptista Evans, and she arrived at 1:27 PM.

Chris Evans has something new to "Marvel" at ... TMZ has learned the "Captain America" star and his wife, Alba Baptista, just had their first baby!

Records indicate they welcomed their first child Friday in Massachusetts. So far no word on name or gender.

The new parents -- Chris, 44, and Alba, 28 -- wed September 9, 2023, during a private ceremony on Cape Cod after first going Instagram official with their relationship 9 months earlier.